Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Neil Gaiman
Charting Jul 8, 2001 → Jun 18, 2017 · 35 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 7.13%
- week of Apr 23, 2017
- Career Power
- 266
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 4
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 127
- June 2016 – June 2017
- Peak Five Years
- 235
- June 2012 – June 2017
- Top-five weeks
- 15
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 35
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.59%
- week of Mar 19, 2017
- Comebacks
- 3
- July 2013, March 2015, March 2017
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Jan 15, 2006 | Jul 7, 2013 | 389 | 349 | 2.10% | 1.58% |
| After decline | Dec 1, 2013 | Mar 1, 2015 | 65 | 64 | 4.90% | 1.73% |
| After decline | May 3, 2015 | Mar 5, 2017 | 94 | 93 | 4.90% | 2.79% |
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the list's own positions (config version 4, Sep 22, 2026). How it works →
Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).
Titles on the NYT Hardcover Fiction
6 books · 266 share-weeks of Career Power
Power contributed is what each book earned this author: their weekly Power Share, split across their books (a featured credit takes its reduced share). Book Power is the book's own figure, the same for every author on it. Bar length compares books within this list.
| Title | Peak | Weeks | On chart | Power contributedPower | Book Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norse Mythology | #1 | 14 | 127.3 | ||
| The Ocean at the End of the Lane | #1 | 10 | 78.1 | ||
| Trigger Warning | #4 | 5 | 29.3 | ||
| Anansi Boys | #1 | 3 | 22.8 | ||
| American Gods | #10 | 2 | 6.6 | ||
| Fragile Things | #14 | 1 | 2.4 |